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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-05-19
rAla1s 1sAGP1CKERs.
hIillions Of Doliars' Worth OF Refuse
Gathered Every Year.

The City Of Paris let's out by contract
the exclusive right to pick up what can
be found In the streets and alleys to
"chef chiffoniers"- boss rag
pickers--one each to certain district.
These chefs have their respective corps
OF men employed at an average Of from
f.3 to f.6 per day, or rather night, for
the work has to be done at night. The
whole harvest Of cigar stumps, decayed
fruit, manure, rags, oRal, bits Of iron,
tinware, old horseshoes, leather strips.
paper, etc., is stored In vast subterra-
mean depots or sheds In the suburbs and
there assorted and put into marketable
shape. III addition to this comes the
enormous trade done by these men with
the cooks, portersand janitors Of private
houses for all the refuse Of the kitchen
and workshop. The result represents
many millions every year and gives re-
munerative employment to thousands.
In a melodrama Of French origin,
which had quite an extensive run over
here, a ragpicker's ball and subsequent
orgie are represented, Many Ameri-
cans thought this probably overdrawn
or purely imaginative. The scene is
one taken from life. The Partisan rag
picker is q power.
A curious side feature Of the Paris
ian chiffonier's trade is the manner In
which he utilizes 'ssecond- -handn food.
Buying it Ell bios at very low stpu-
lated price, paid every month, Of the
cooks or buffers in hotels or large pri-
vate houses, the daily harvest is care
fully sorted. Thus, roast meat, saul
sage, sound fruit and vegetables and
upspoiled soup are set apart and sold at
a sufficiently low figure to restaurants
of the third and fourth grade, who
again set 1t before their customers In
the guise Of vols-au vent, raquct, stew,
pot roast, meat pies, etc., and the very
artlstically gotten up 'Italian salad"
which tho boulevard gourmand eats
with great relish. Thus it goes down
the scale till that class Of eatables ls
reached intended for the harlequin,
This queer name Is very appropriate.
For as the garb Of the harlequin Is
made up Of hundreds Of varl+eolored
bits Of cloth, 80 this dish consists Of.
hundreds of bits of food. ash. and nlgs>,,
sauce and soup, cabbage and potIs
and carrots all forming hodge-podRa
worse than the Spanish ola podrida.
1t Is sold by the keepers Of the lowest
eating shops by the barrier and is made
up Of what the chiffanier cannot sell
elsewhere. The men and women who
patronize this harlequin pay cents on
entering the shop. For that they are
served with q chunk Of bread and have
the privilege to once make a dive with
long three-tined fork into the caulo
dron. If they fish up big piece Of
meat, SO much the better for them.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-05-19
Earthauake speed.

According to accounts from Wash.
ington, If the earth tremor registered
by the scientific instruments in that
city, shortly after the recent earthquake
In Southern France and Northern Italy
was a part Of the same shock, the wave
must have travelled under the ocean,
from continent to continent. ut the
rate Of 600 miles an hour. The velocity
of the earth wave, propagated by the
Charleston shock was only about ninety
miles an hour,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-05-19
a, TIGERS BLOW.
Crushing tho Skull OF An Ok at q
Single Torriblo Blow.

A man.eater, which forsix months had
been the terror Of the neighborhood had
been traced down and was seen to cr,eep
into ravine. Tie heaters were ut uiuct,
ordered off, as they could not be of SER
vice, and might be charged upon by the
tiger, which had already been rendered
furious by a wound. Unfortunately,
these men are in the habit Of half
intoxicating themselves with opium be-
fore driving the tiger from his refuge.
and one Of them who had taken too
large u dose refused to escape, and
challenged the tiger, drawing his
sword aud waving ii defiantly. In a.
moment the animal sprang upon ham,
dashed him to the ground with d blow
OF his paw and turned at bay. After
series of desperate charges he was
killed. The hunters then went to the
assistance Of the wounded man. but
found that he was past all aid, the
lower part Of his face. including both
jaws, had been carried away, as if 10y a
cannOn.ball.
The terrific effect Of the single blow
indicates the power of the limb which
struck it. Had the blow taken effect
q few inches higher the whole of the
head would have been carried away.
BY similar blow tiger has been
known to crush tho skull Of all OK so
completely that when handled the
broken bones felt as II they were loose
In bag. The wonder at this terrific
strength dlminishes when the limb is
measured. The tiger which killed the
foolhardy man was by no means a large
one, measuring nine feet four inches
from the nose to the tip Of the tail; yet
the girth of the forearm was two feet
seven inches. The corresponding limb
of very powerful man scarcely exceeds
a. foot IN circumference.
Not until it becomes a man.eater is
Ghe tiger much dreaded, especially In
the case Of those natives who do not
possess flocks or herds. Indeed, when
an Englishman has offered to kill O
tiger whose lair was we'll known, he has
been requested not to do so, as the tiger
did no harm ana killed 80 many deer
that 1T supplied the neighbors with
meat. The tigress Is much more to be
dreaded as q man-eater than the male
animal.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-05-19

deafened by her grief to all the sounds
Of life around her. She sat mute, her
eyes fixed on the body Of her son.
x ou see, want to help yon," went
on Mr.. Moore. fumbling in his pocket.
- reckon you're poor as Job. and this
Will help you to get bread and meat"
laying q woll filled purse In her lap.
She looked at the money. and then,
at him. Suddenly her stunned brain
seemed to recover consciousness These!
were the strangers who had tempted
her boy to his death, aud this was the
price Of hia precious life this man WAS
offering her. She raised the purse in
her open hand and threw 1T violently
through the open door, with an i'm
perative sign to the stranger to follow
it.
VERY unreasonable, very rude I
must say" sputtered Mr.. Moore, as
with face crimsoned With anger, he
hurried out after his desplsed Offering.
Come, Rosa. let's get away from
here"
But Rosa paused a moment, and
looked at the beautiful dead face, her
tender young heart aching with re-
morse for the part she had innocenhly
played IN this tragedy. Tears fell from
her eyes, for this shadow Of death and
pain was the fret that had come to her
happy life. One Of the women, seeing
her grlef, broke of sprig Of the Edel-
weiss still grasped In the dead hand,
and handed it to her. She had got her
Alpine flower; 1t lies IN locked box
now--the price Of a life.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-05-19
ldlaness,

He who lives to no purpose lives to q
bad purpose.
a. thousand evils do af1lct that man
which hath to himself an idle and TN.
profitable carcass.
A mind quite vacant Is mind dis
tressed.
1t Is poor wit who lives by borrow.
ing the words, decisions, mien, inven.
tions and actions Of others.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-05-19

serSsS6 Americans, and French,
Englishfrs, would keep away from
rCrmatt. They are mad, those people,
10 bribe you to such perilous places,
and thou art mad, too, to let their gold
tempt thee to perhaps thy death.'
IF the EdelWeiss grow within the
reach of all mems hands, mother, who
would want it2 The money does not
come amiss. for it helps to buy food
and clothing for us, and where would
Linda get her ribbons IL 1t we're not for
those wndfalls?'
II thank God the season Is oyer,''
the mother calculated. "Tbe strangers
are all gong back home, and in winter
! am in peace"
The last party Of travellers will be
mere this morning, at noon, on their
way home," said Franz 81 must
hurry down to the Rosen.haus, where
they Will put up. CT Herman Muller
will be ahead Of me. Three times this
summer, with his impudence, I've has
taken travellers from under my very
nose, by Offering to guide them for less
than / 0U, xAch, the mean felloWl'
With a co1tenptuous curl Of his
handsome lip, the young fellow started
for the town with the easy, springy
step Of a Observation-Disclosures. TO his
disgust he found that Hermann and
some other guides were ahead Of him,
but the party WAS large enough to en-.
gage his SERVICE also.
His special charge Was an old gentle.
man, an Amelt lean, very pompous and
loud-Yoiced, abd Franz's experienced
eye soon discovered that he was a rich
''parvenu," AND making the European
tour for the first time. His daughter,
whom he called Rosa, and who was In
perpetual blush for her papa's terrible
mistakes, was q beautiful girl Of seven.
teen--a fresh. gay, child-like creature
---aud amused Franz by her exaggerat.
ed way of talking.
None Of the party were enthuslas ic
Alpine climbers. They did not go up
high, and summed all difficult and
dangerous places. They were only
climbing for the name Of the thing,
and were glad enough to begin the de-
scent. Suddenly Rosa screamed out:
20 papa, how dreadfully forgetful
we have been! We haven't a bit Of
Edelweiss. Nobody at home will be.
lieye that we ever tried to climb the
mountains If we do not take back a
specimen. Why, all the girls who have
been here have a sprlg in their scrap.
books. To be sure, it looks to me like
any other dried weed, but then for the
name of the thing you know
wen, suppose we can pick some
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-05-19
Th . Coquotto.
She's q flirt, and she knows ~
Expert. and she shows ID

AApe1H anu sue SHOWS 10
In each word and act,
She laughs and she chatters,
She chaffs and she .Hatters,
Mankind to distract.
Her shy little glances
l try, as che dances,
10 follow-in vaini
Each man she. entrances
Who can her advances
Enchanting disdaini
Isigh; she is tender;
! fly to defend her
From trouble or harm,
She smilos, and I WOO her
Her wiles bring me to her,
Subdued by her charm.
She's witch, and she knows 1t
She's rich who'd supp ose 1t,
So simple her art2
I love her-confound her -
And hover around her
But has she a heart?
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-05-19
FRANZ.

The Edelweiss is q pale little Alpine
snow-1ower with velvet petals, and
grows In the most inaccessible spots on
the mountains.
Franz Steinfeldt was one of the most
agile Of the faountaineers Of Zermatt
and it's vicinity. Where chamois
could Gnd footing, or Hammer geier
makes its nest, Franz could follow. and
he made quite little penny during
the summer ahd fall months by guild
ing travellers up the mountains. He
had led some pf these perilous expedi-
lions up the Matterhorn and brought
his party back In safety, where others
had lost their lives, so he bore the
reputation, though hardly nineteen, of
being the most prudent and sure
footed Of the guides in Zermatt.
Sometimes che earned an extra sum
by getting the Edelweiss for travellers,
but that was Ia rare occurrence. Since
his father lost ibis life five years before,
by falling into creyasse when in
|Ranrsuit of the flower, the poor mother
Agrown timid. Steinfeldt, like his
ead been, q cautious and lucky
S3s3e| 1aaGSssSatal day when he
{ s th green ice of the
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-02

from 1860 to 1880, or SIS per cent. per
annum, or q fraction over 10 per cent. for
the seven years since the last census was
taken. Forty per cent. increase would
make the presen: population OF the stste
.2,22S,44 and it is fair ID believe taa. the
population is nearer 100000 tnan the
number given.
According to the census there were in
Texas IN 1850, in round numbers, 10000
maIes over n yesrs OF age; the po9uls-
ton in that year, in round numbers, was
500. 600, or, one voter 20 every four and
saw one-:e1.h Of the population.
According TO this ratio there
should now be in Texas in
round numbers 544.Q19. Il all these men
vote next Thursday can any man guess
how the election viii result? In 1851
Only S24, 00) votes were cast, snd IN 1855
only 3l3 ,000 votes were cast. How viii
it be il 1851?
Bat the percentage OF increase
in population will each year DC due
more to natural increase and less
10 immigration prop7rtionally, and the
ratio Of voters to population cores
pon1!ugly larger, and instead Of one
voter to every four and oue-ten.h OF the
population we now have, probably
one voter to every d5e O.
more Of population. This woail
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-02
TEXAS IN TYPE.
Clippings from state Exchanges on Matters
of Interhsf

Clippings from state Exchanges on Matters
of Interest.
The corn crop in the vicinity OF Calvert
will be an average yield.
The ground has been purchased at Mes
quite to establish g cotton yard.
Fine rains fell again over the western
portion of the Panhandle on Sunday,
Arrangements are being made TO erect
temporary court house in HemphilI
county.
Austin county has been visited by fine
rains during the past week, greatly oene-
| fitting the cotton.
In Lqvaca county cotton is needing
rain, and cattle are looking thin for want
Of good pasturage.
The vault Of the courthouse e. Sher-
man is now complete, and the record:
have been stored there.
Favette county was visited last SatuT-
dav By severe hsiistorm which injured
the cotton and peach orchards
An aItesian flow of water has been Ct
tanned not Jar from Tascoss, On the Car
adam river, by digging few feet.
A son Of W. \. Ujlderbraud is the frs
born citizen Of Clarendon. He viii ro
ceive 8 deed to lot in the new town.
Santa Anna will soon have an eight
say gin with 3 griat mill connected,
steam cotton press feeder and condense'
A Young mar ramed Trip was kule
near Youngport, Bel county, 5y lum6e
: be wss hauling falling and crushing hin
= Ia the vicinity of Longyiew cotto
worms haye made their appearance, bC
as the cotton is larger not much damae
is feared.
Canadian, the new town just started /
/ the Southern Kansas people on the rive
J. below in HemphilI county, IS now doiI
: business st the new stand. =
A crop of corn in Gray county, IN Il
= Panhandle, has been examined hy gos
d Judges, and the average yield is estimate
:e to be from seventyfVe to eighty bgshe
n TO the acre.
W The question Of water at Marlin is b
y coming serious one; the public well
lie exhausted and the city authorities CO..
is template sinking several to obtain,
I possible, a better supply.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-02
TO LETTER WRITER'S.

THE GAZETTE is constantly IN receipt
OF arguments pro ct con on the pTohioi-
ton question. We cannot make place
for any Of these communications without
printing all Of them, and to print all OF
|hem would exclude everything else from
the paper. All arguments on the cues.
tion must be sent to the business o1llct
with request for terms. THE GAZETTE
cannot return such communications IN
less stamps are sent to prepay retur!
postage.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-02

WHATEVER men may think Of pro
hibition, no man fails in admiration CT
heroism. This tribute OF Judge Crzw-
ford is paid to one OF the grandest of
Texans, ana to one who has added luster to
the states renown among all the people
of the Union. Judge Crawford said in
recent speech: "The conduct OF
David B. Culberson in this canvass is, tc
my mind, simply sublime. Despite the
fact of his poor health, the intense heat
and the danger that he may be overcome
and stricken down every time he raises
his voice in this contest, yet bravel.
casting aside sI personal consideration
of danger and death, this grand man Q
the people is counseling his fellow-cit
zens to push forward " the cause {
right and humanity, of society, peace an
good government"
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-02
TIE TDTE

In1S60 Texas had a population OF 560,-
795; in 1870 il had 75G,lO8, and in 1880 it
had /, 59l, 749. The rate OF increase from
1850 to 1870 was 50 per cent. for the de
cade, and from 1870 to 1883 it was over
50 per cent. OF the first decade men
toned fouc years were lost to the state
through the civil war, and it is but fair
to presume that the current
percentage of increase in population ep.
proximates more nearly that OF the last
decade than of the one previous; out tc
show the probable population anc
voting strength OF the state
THE GAZETTE is content to be OF
the safe side and estimate them b,
the percentage Of increase for tn
two decades taken together; thi
percentage Of increase was ll5 per cent
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-02

law aud can be INDUCED in without in-
curing the danger OF criminal prosecu-
ton. DIETING on elections" is Illegal
and punishable by fine, but in order to
bring the deed within the purview OF the
statute, it must be 81 election st which
some officer is being voted for, On q
question submitted to the people betting
is not prohibited; neither could Illegal
voting 5e punished until the last Legisls-
ture amended the lsw.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-02

WEALTH does not always bring hap9!-
ness. JohD O'Day, 8 reguted millionaire
OF s.. Louis, has just secured divorce
from his wife with whom he hss lived
twenty three years Ee is chairman OF
the state Democratic central committee
Of Missouri, prominent railroad man,
and a gentleman Of national reputation
He has made everybody respec
ami admire him save the ont
wao should be most dear to him
Il requires higher attributes tnau the fac
uIty Of making money or conducting
political campaign to win woman
/ heart.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-02
AN ORGAN OUT or TUNE.

Ifnot the ablest, the Galvestoa-D3llas
News is the mos. prominent anti psohi9i-
ton orgsn il Texas, and, SO far as its ar
guments are OF force and potency, the
News opposition to tHe proposed amend |
ment is based on The allegation that the
measure Is un-Democcatic. 10 be un-
Democratic prohibition must b. sumptu-
airy legislation in this, that it inyades the
personal liberty Of the citizen.
But, while opposing prohibition
az suca invasion CT the personal
liberty of the citizen the CD.
News mas been persisteatly sid
forci5ly directing attention to the inva-
sions OF personal liberty through many
laws row on the statute books Of the
stGte, such as those which relate to
usury, gaming, opium joints, contested
weapons END banking. To read the com
ments Of tie News Oh these laws one is
forced to the conclusion that that
newspaper is either laying the t0gnda-
ton for 8 future agitation for the repeal
Of I'll these laws, or thst it hiss no faith
in It's own declaration that prohibition
is sumptuary legislation and az Invasion
of personal liberty which should not be
permitted.
But, again, THE GAZETTE recalls th'
fact that when this paper directed public
attention to the homestead law OF the
state as the most remarkable invasion o
personal liberty known to any law in an
u state in the Union, the News defended the
homestead law with its absolute den!a
I to husband sud wife OF their right +
; do as they deemed wise and eXpedier
'e with their own property. And THE G.
: zETTE also recalls the opposition OF IN
y News to nigh license and its defense Q
Is the mobilization OF the saloon as clas
- interest.
! AS an prohibition, anti-sumptuar
Vi personal liberty, Democratic organ, Il
III Galveston Dallas News is s queer pc.
former.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-02
WCmen's SKIN.

The skill shown by American women
IN nearly every department Of creative
art, save that Of musical composition,
seems to increase constantly. This is
especially noticeable ia literary work.
Her short story Of to-day compared WITH
her short story Of the past reveals won
derful Improvement in corCiseness, con
struc.icn and freshness IGteleCtuS! OICes
are at work to balance the excess Of imsg-
nation aud the oyer-mOG5idaess Of sen
.itive women VINO nave talent
for storytelling Tne result Of
this is gain TO the periodicals. II IS not
now the exception for woman to write
& good newspaper article; i Is rather the
rule; ard if the true inwaTdness OF many
g newspaper office were known 1t would
be found that fair snare u the best
work is done by women. To lesser de-
gree the same observations hold good IL
novel writing. Ulyarying conscientious
ness aud steady Improvement mark most
of the novels by our women authors, anc
the uniform tone of their book may be
set against the variabIeIt5s Of most O.
our masculine writer's.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-02
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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-02

DR.. MCGLYNN is not repentin2 very
fast. His latest sensation in the North
American Review where he no: only
attacks the Catholic church with the viz
dictiveness of an apostate but insults and
SANDERS the nuns, Is 3 psper which will
lower him in the estimation OF the pubic
No matter what may or may not be
though. Of the "srrors Of Rome, y
here are TOO many Old soldiers
in this ccuatry who have witnessed the
devotion AMI self sacrifice of these
courageous and noble women and w1o be
Iieve that their devotion OF charity Is
genuine, to permit DR.. McG.yna's theory
to OBTAIN to any great extent.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-02

THE Dawson Sentinel kindly says Of
TIE GAZETTE: "Ejitorially Speaking the
Fort Worth GAZETTE is TIE best and most
reliable paper published in Texas. rs
sentiments as expressed on sny public
question are plainly comprehensive and
unbiased. Truly The GAZETTE is the
peoples paper. L sweryes neither to
the right nor Left, out marches on well
defined, diguihed course, yielding 81 nc
time TO isms or sentimentalities 1. is
Democratic 20 the core. and is always found
battling for Inc principles OF the party
lis editorials offer avast field for thought
and reflection. Its special columns teen
with the latest news from every part OF
the state. Its telegraph columns are a.
ways full. The weekly GAZETTE is thu
paper for the misses. The farmers viii
ind full market reports. Toe price O.
the weekly has been reduced to the as
tonishingly low price of 81 per year"
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-02

WHILE the people 81 Fort Worth are
swayed By conflicting hopes on the Pre-
hijilion question, they can al rsi9ice and
be exceeding glad that the city is to
have the most ample and complete live
stock yards south Of St. Louis. This
guarantees the permanent location OF
tle live stock trade Of the southwest s.
This Mace
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-02
TO All CORRESPONDENTS.

. III OOItIE11 y
Correspondents sre again notified not
to send THE GAZETTE synopses OF pro
hibition or anti-promtition speeches
Those who cannot comply with this IN
struction will please send nothing at ell
1t is enough to send the name of the ora
tor and the number OF the audience, Will
snv unusual incident. TIE GAZETTE
wants no mans opinions or biased re
pOrts.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-02

TIE Chattanooga Commercial intimates
q disbelief 10 the Commences OF Fort
Worth coffee If the Commercial man
Will visit US we viii give him chance to
dri2k some and satisfy himself.